Mediating effects of lipids on the association between smoking and coronary artery disease risk among Chinese

Table 3 General linear regression on the relationships between smoking and lipid levels

Variable	TG		TC		LDL-C		HDL-C		TG/HDL-C
	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P
Gender, M/F	0.015	0.586	0.523	< 0.001	0.276	< 0.001	0.169	0.058	−0.175	< 0.001
Age	0.001	0.746	0.003	0.411	0.002	0.316	−0.003	0.218	0.001	0.721
BMI (kg/m²)	0.098	< 0.001	0.019	0.041	0.017	0.008	−0.021	< 0.001	0.100	< 0.001
Smoking, Y/N	0.123	0.016	0.029	0.647	0.115	0.010	−0.046	0.025	0.121	0.024
Drinking, Y/N	−0.013	0.837	0.243	0.002	−0.018	0.737	0.100	< 0.001	−0.107	0.101
HBP, Y/N	0.156	< 0.001	−0.090	0.075	0.028	0.432	−0.025	0.124	0.137	0.001
DM, Y/N	0.205	< 0.001	−0.197	0.001	−0.100	0.017	−0.065	0.001	0.247	< 0.001
WBC	0.064	< 0.001	0.026	0.075	0.042	< 0.001	−0.024	< 0.001	0.066	< 0.001
Bilirubin(mg/L)	−0.006	0.086	0.002	0.654	−0.007	0.045	0.003	0.009	−0.008	0.032

General linear regression was performed. The dependent variable was lipid levels. Mmale; Ffemale; BMI body mass index; HBP hypertension; DM diabetes mellitus; TG triglyceride; TC total cholesterol; HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol; WBC white blood cells

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